No, Armie Hammer Is Not Making a Comeback (Despite What He Might Say)

Actions should have consequences, and I know we get pissed off around here when “canceled people” don’t stay “canceled” because we like to believe that if you block the exit to a door and jerk off in front of a non-consenting woman or call Jews “oven dodgers,” you should never be able to work in that town again. But I am willing to concede that while Louis C.K. is still doing very well for himself, at least he no longer has a critically acclaimed FX series or HBO specials or a number of other projects that afford him the respect of the working community. Likewise, Mel Gibson is still working plenty, but the director of Braveheart and The Passion of Christ has been reduced to directing B-movies where Mark Wahlberg wears a bald cap and hijacks a plane—and Gibson’s name isn’t even in the trailer.

So, no: They’re not “canceled,” but Gina Carano is never going to appear in another Star Wars project, and Rob Schneider will be reduced to stand-up gigs in places where he’s not wanted and the odd job in an Adam Sandler film.

Likewise, unfortunately, it appears that Armie Hammer has also escaped total cancellation, despite women leveling numerous allegations against him, some of which Hammer has even admitted to. He did lose his career for several years, and at one point was reduced to selling timeshares in the Cayman Islands, which is to say: That poor, poor man had to stoop to doing honest work for a brief period of time because he allegedly sexually assaulted multiple women.

However, he began recording a podcast last year (that I don’t think anyone listens to), and he was also hired to act again. He will appear alongside William H. Macy and Thomas Jane in a film called The Frontier Crucible from director Travis Mills, best known for… nothing. No one knows who Travis Mills is. It’s also safe to say that very few people will watch The Frontier Crucible, which will likely go straight-to-VOD, and those who do will probably only do so out of morbid curiosity because Armie Hammer appears in it.

In other words, 17 people may watch The Frontier Crucible because it features a former popular actor who appeared in The Social Network and Death on the Nile. Hammer, meanwhile, told Christina Pazsitzy and Tom Segura on their podcast this week that he’s actually getting a lot of work, saying, “It’s slow, but generally now the conversation when my name comes up with people in the industry is, ‘Man, that guy got fucked.’”

Let me be clear: That’s just not true. No one feels sorry for Armie Hammer. No one thinks that he got screwed. Nevertheless, he is shooting two more films in 2025, one in the Philippines and one in Croatia, which suggests they’re probably tax dodges. Still, he said on the podcast, “My dance card’s getting pretty full. That first job that I turned down after four years of this shit, I mean, it was the best feeling I’ve ever had.”

Was it really the best feeling he ever had? A better feeling than having millions of dollars, a family that loved him, and steady employment in big studio projects? Because I can pretty much guarantee that any job he’s turning down now is probably being filmed someplace like Siberia, with no union employees on set, and some very wealthy person will still write it down as a tax write-off.

But yes: I wish that Armie Hammer were still selling timeshares. Or worse: doing data entry in an office environment where everyone talks shit about him behind his back. But as much shine as Hammer might want to put on the current state of his career, I think it’s safe to say that he won’t be starring in a David Fincher film again anytime soon.